Talks End for Night After Accord Crumbles By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, CARL HULSE and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG 1 minute ago Partisan presidential politics appeared to trample what had been exceedingly delicate Congressional negotiations over the $700 billion bailout package.
McCain Leaps Into a Thicket By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ELISABETH BUMILLER The day’s events raised questions about why Senator John McCain had called for postponing the first debate — and what his own views were about the bailout plan.